Problems in the surveillance and control of sexually transmitted agents associated with pelvic inflammatory disease in the Far East.
Little published data are available on pelvic inflammatory disease in the Far East. Measures available to control gonorrhea in the region are reviewed. The rising incidence of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Singapore and the Far East and its implications concerning the pathogenesis of PID are discussed.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012306:Risk; D011477:Sex Work; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012846:Singapore; D014526:Urethritis / Q000628:therapy
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents